CVE-2016-10165

Publication date 3 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via an image with a crafted ICC profile, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
lcms2	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.8-4
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.6-3ubuntu2.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.5-0ubuntu4.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
openjdk-7	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 7u121-2.6.8-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 7u121-2.6.8-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-8	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

openjdk-7 as of 7u111-2.6.7 uses embedded copy of lcms2 (see http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1896)

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
lcms2	Upstream: 5ca71a7

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.1 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H